Car Top Butte
Car Top Butte rises to 1,530 m in New Mexico. Tripod Mountain stands 1,951 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Hill, a peak 8.8 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 72 miles off. 20 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49018080, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,530 m
How to reach it
- 72.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 15.9 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
20 named places within 25 miles
- Sand Hill: 8.8 mi
- Skull Mesa: 10.0 mi
- Orphan Hill: 10.3 mi
- Flint Hills: 12.4 mi
- Minnie Butte: 14.5 mi
- Union County Courthouse Historic Site: 19.6 mi
- Eklund Hotel Historic Site: 19.8 mi
- Herzstein Memorial Museum Historic Site: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Car Top Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tripod Mountain | NW 320° | 1,951 m | 23.6 mi |
| Horseshoe Mountain | NNW 330° | 1,916 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mount Dora | N 351° | 1,912 m | 22.6 mi |
| The Hogback | NW 323° | 1,871 m | 22.3 mi |
| Kilburn Hills | NNW 335° | 1,871 m | 23.1 mi |
| Rabbit Ear Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,844 m | 23.1 mi |
| Rabbit Ear Mesa | NNE 21° | 1,833 m | 23.1 mi |
| Cinder Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,779 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clayton 1 N, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 887189 — Car Top Butte, Union County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357571592
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